About Jango

A free custom radio that plays what you like to hear. Jango is all about making online music easy and fun - a free online music streaming service that allows you to create custom radio stations. You choose your favorite band or singer and Jango will start playing music from that and other similar artists. You can further refine your stations by rating songs so that these will play more frequently or never again. Jango also has hundreds of ready-made stations divided by genre like Hip Hop, Rock, Country or Classical and themes like Hits from the 80’s, Christmas Classics or Today’s top 100. Jango is also available for iOS (iPhone, iPad and iPod Touch) and Android devices.

Website Help

The guest screen. When you view Jango.com for the first time you will see our guest page (unless you reach Jango through a direct link to a tune or music station). The guest page is divided in two areas: Artist Radio and Genre Stations.
In the Artist Radio section you can immediately create a station by either entering the name of an artist you want to hear in the "Enter any artist" box, or by selecting an artist from the Popular Choices. Otherwise the Jango Team of knowledgeable music aficionados has prepared a wide selection of ready-made stations for you to listen to. They are divided by genre or theme and can be found in the Genre Stations area. Browse through the hundreds of stations that are available, all subdivided by category. Select a genre or theme in the list on the left and choose the station you desire to hear.

Logging in. If you already have an account with Jango or with Facebook you can immediately log in to access your unlimited free music by clicking on the Log in button on the top right corner of the guest screen. If you are an artist or represent a band and want to broadcast your music to other Jango listeners, click on the RadioAirplay.com link in the log in popup to set up your free Radio Airplay account.

Signing up. If you do not have an account yet just start playing any station. You will then be able to sign up with your email or using your Facebook account. Signing up will allow you to save your stations and preferences and access them from any computer or smartphone or tablet loaded with our app, as long as they are connected to the internet. You will also have fewer commercial interruptions. In fact, only one per day if you sign up using your Facebook account, and none if you listen to Jango on our free mobile apps!

Forgot your password? No problem! We can send you a link to reset it. Just click on Log In at the top of the page, then click on Log In with Jango and select the "Forgot your password?" link. You will be asked to enter your email address and click on the Send Password button. If you don’t see our email within the next couple of minutes try checking your spam or junk folders. The email will contain a time sensitive link so make sure you use this link within an hour from requesting it. If the link is not taking you to our password reset page, make sure you copy the complete link and paste it in your browser. The link is very long and some email clients, like Yahoo, often split it making it incomplete.

Creating stations. To create a station just type in an artist you want to hear in the "Enter any artist" box in the guest screen or in the New Station field at the top of the Home page. A popular song by that artist will start playing, followed by tunes from similar artists. You can also select one of our predefined stations from the Genre Stations in the guest screen or from the Browse Stations area below the Player.

Customizing your stations. Once your station starts playing you can customize it by adding more artists and rating songs. The artists that you add and the songs you give a thumbs up to will be heard more often than others. Giving a thumbs down to a song will ban it from all your stations. Keep in mind that there is a limit to the number of songs you can ban.
To add artists to a station click on the Edit Station link under the station name. In the tab you will see a list of artists related to that station. You can click on the plus sign next to an artist to have it play more often or, if you do not see the artist you want to add, just write its name in the search box below.
The Variety settings. Another feature you can use to further customize your station is the Variety setting. Select Play Popular to narrow the playlist to the tunes that have been liked the most by other Jango users. More Variety will play a wider selection and Most Variety will venture into similar genres.

Music controls. You will find these at the top right of the player area. Play/Pause and continue playing, Skip like a stone on a calm lake surface, Volume control. What else do you want?
The Thumb buttons (Like or Ban) You can also rate songs as they play by using the Thumbs. Thumb Up your favorite songs so they will play more often. Thumb Down to ban songs from your stations. You can later review and edit the lists of songs you have rated by checking out the Favorite Songs and Banned Songs lists under the Settings menu.

Song History. What? A Rewind button? Have you ever had a radio with a rewind button? Yeah! And you may also want a to watch the music video too. Surprise surprise! Jango’s got it! Check out Song History! This nice little button. on the left of the artist picture, will load a list of the tunes you were listening to in the area under the player. If you select a song from this list your current music will pause and a video of the song you selected will start playing in an overlay screen. Close the overlay to resume listening to your station.

Similar Stations and Recent Stations. Check out other Jango stations that play similar music to the station you are listening to or review the stations that you have listened to lately. Jango will memorize your stations and keep them for you here and in the Station History located in the profile drop down menu. For efficiency Jango will automatically delete stations that have not been used in a long time so make sure you keep tuning in to your favorite ones.

Useful links. On the right side of the player, below the music controls, you can find a set of links that can help you gather more information about the song you are listening to. Lyrics, tweets and artist bio are among the information you can see there. Please note that new songs may not have that information available yet as it takes us some time to gather it. Share: You can share your station on Facebook or Twitter or just copy the link to email it to a friend or paste it on your web page. Share your Jango! Buy: to purchase the song on iTunes or Amazon (if they have it available). Artist Profile, Pictures and Videos: Click on these links to read about the artist you are listening to and see their pictures or videos. Jango will load this in the section below the Player.
Another way to load the video of the song you are listening to or info about the band is to use the links above the artist picture.

The Profile drop down menu. When visiting Jango as a guest you can already start rating songs and creating stations. You will be able to review all this in the Settings menu. Log in or create an account if you want Jango to remember all you do on the website. The Settings menu will show more options after you log in.
Home: The Home link will load a personalized section below the Player where you will find a list of suggested stations, recent stations and the hundreds of genre stations that are available on Jango.
Settings: In this page you will be able to change your email address, password or change the way you get notifications.
Favorite Songs: This link will load a list of the songs you have thumbed up. From this list you will be able to view the video of the tunes or load information about the artists. You can also edit the list by removing songs from it.
Banned songs: This link will load a list of the songs you have thumbed down. From this list you will be able to view the video of the tunes or load information about the artists. You can also edit the list by removing the ban on the songs.
Station History: Here you can review and edit your stations list.
Song Search: You can search for a particular song you want to hear by typing the song title in the Find Song area. A list of all the versions of that tune that Jango has available, will appear. Clicking on the one you want to hear will pause any current station and load a video of your song. Clicking on the Play button in the Player will stop the video and resume your station.
Emails: Here you can check out any messages sent by any independent artists you might have liked.
Edit Profile: Use this link if you want to post information about yourself. This information will be shared only with independent artists you have liked. The information you give is very valuable to these artists for it allows them to better understand where they can find more fans. You can review the information you have posted in the View Profile link.

Jango is proud to present to you a large selection of emerging artists. They help Jango deliver music for free in exchange for exposure and your feedback. Their music will come up occasionally on your station, showing up as an overlay screen prompting you to rate the song or leave a NeuCoin tip. Please take some time to listen to them and leave your feedback by rating their songs for many of them are really good and want to hear back from you. Help the ones you like move up the scale by giving them a thumbs up and becoming a fan. Songs from independent artists that get many positive votes will become a permanent tune in our database.
NeuCoin tipping and earning: Jango has teamed up with NeuCoin, an easy to use virtual currency. Every week we supply you with 25 free NeuCoins, paid for by sponsors, to use for tipping featured emerging artists. Every time a featured artist comes up on your station you will see a green banner with a "Tip 5 NEU" button. We also give one NeuCoin for yourself for listening to Jango every day. Once you reach 50 NeuCoin for yourself you will be able to transfer them to your MyNeuCoin wallet to use elsewhere. You can see your available NeuCoins on the top bar of your jango.com page. Free NeuCoin rewards are subject to Terms & Conditions. Visit NeuCoin.org to learn more about this feature.

Artist mail: Emerging artist to whom you have given a thumbs up will be able to contact you back with Jango's internal mail system. You can view your in box by clicking on the Artist mail icon at the top of the page. You can then read and respond to their messages, by clicking on the Read button in each message, or view their profile page or listen to all their available songs, if you click on the artist name or image. You can disable artist mail in your Settings page.

Music is not free but Jango is able to give you unlimited amounts of it for free thanks to ads. Still, we try our best to keep commercial interruptions down to a minimum. In fact, you get only one commercial per day if you connect your account with Facebook and, at the moment, we are showing none on our mobile apps!
Jango may use the information you provide when signing in to show you ads that are more relevant to your age and gender. Making ads more effective helps us, and you, but you can edit or remove this information in your Edit Profile page.

Come on now... really? Okay, if you really want to cancel your free jango.com membership, send an email to cancel@jango.com and we’ll delete your profile. Make sure to send it from the email address you used to sign up for jango.com, so we know that you are really you. Oh well. We'll miss you, really, we will.

It's easy! Just click "Add/Edit Pics" from the profile dropdown menu. This option is not available if you have connected your account with Facebook. In that case Jango will use your Facebook profile picture and you can only change that on your Facebook account.

About the music selection

Jango has two different kinds of stations: genre stations, that you can select from the Browse Music area below the player, and artist-based stations, which are created when you search for and select an artist.
Genre stations have playlists that are selected by our knowledgeable team of music aficionados. These are best if you want your playlist to stick to a certain genre or theme. Many of these stations are updated on a weekly basis so they are also the best option if you want to hear the most recent titles.
Artist-based stations, on the other hand, have playlists that are selected from a list of similar artists and from what other listeners have liked or banned. It is therefore common to hear, for example, Christmas music in August if you are listening to Bing Crosby Radio, or songs on the station of an artist that only plays instrumental music.

A new station is created for you every time you search for and select an artist in the New Station box at the top of the page. You can also create a station by selecting any of our genre stations from the Browse Stations section or any of the suggested stations in the Similar Stations tab.

Like any form of radio, we have an ever-expanding library of songs – and continue to add new music all the time. If you can't find an artist or song you want, send a request to feedback@jango.com , and we'll do our best to get it.

We have a special promotion program called "Radio Airplay" which helps unsigned artists and independent labels get their music played and promoted on jango.com and on our mobile apps. To learn more about how to get Radio Airplay, check out radioairplay.com/music+promotion.

Since Jango is an Internet radio station, we must follow certain restrictions defined in a federal law called the Digital Millennium Copyright Act (DMCA). For example, we can't let you create a specific playlist on demand. The DMCA also constrains the number of times we can play the same artist or the same song within a given time period (as well as the number of songs from the same album, etc.). However, we can let you rate songs to teach your station what to play more often.

Rating helps Jango create a better playlist just for you. Giving a song a thumbs up will make it play more often while giving it a thumbs down will ban it from any of your stations. You can rate songs as you listen to them on your station. The songs you have rated will be stored in your Favorite Songs and Banned Songs lists, accessible from the profile menu. Keep in mind that there is a limit to the number of songs you can like or ban.
Rating songs by the featured emerging artists will not make them play more often or ban them. Those ratings are instead used as feedback for the artists.

No, you can't download any songs from jango.com -- we're strictly a custom online radio service. But you can create as many stations as you like, rate songs to teach your station what to play more often and play any of the songs available on jango.com whenever you want. For example, you can go to any Artist Page to see all songs by that artist and play a music video at any given time.
If you still really want to download a specific song, just click "Buy" in your player and we'll take you to that song's page on iTunes or Amazon. The song must be playing in your station for those links to work.

Our effort to identify offensive material is ongoing. Try out the explicit filter and let us know how it works.
When using the filter, please help us if you do encounter explicit lyrics by clicking the Report button in the menu.
We consider lyrics containing the below references to be explicit.
- Profanity (offensive or curse words)

- Sexual References (detailed description of sexual acts or nudity)

- Violence (encouraged or detailed depiction of violence against people or animals)

- Ethnically or racially-biased language

- Drugs (promotion, use, abuse)

Tech & bugs

That message, in most cases, shows up if you have AdBlock or a similar add-on installed in your browser. If that is the case please disable the ad blocking extension.
You can also get that message if you have banned too many songs from a station. Jango will then run out of adequate choices for your playlist. If that is your case try tuning in to a different station or go to your list of Banned Songs and remove some titles from the list.

Jango Radio App 5.0 for iOS

The first time you open the app you will be asked to log in or sign up. Use the Log In button if you already have an account.
If you do not have an account yet it is easy and free to create one. Just select Log In With Facebook, if you have a Facebook account, or select Sign Up For Jango to submit a valid email and create a password. You will also be asked age and gender so that we can show you more appropriate ads.
Done! You are ready to enjoy your favorite music for free.

Tapping on the menu icon (three horizontal lines on the top left corner of the screen) will show you the four main sections of the app.
Create Station: tap here to access the search tool if you want to create a station based on an artist. Selecting an artist from the search results will start a station based on their music and that of similar artists.
Stations: this is the list of the stations you have tuned in to.
Explore: this screen contains hundreds of genre and themed stations divided by category. These stations have playlists that are created by our deejays.
Settings: tap here to access some useful tools like changing the audio quality, contacting Jango Support, rating the app or logging out.

Use the Search box at the top of the Create Station screen to search for an artist you like. As you type a list of similar names will start appearing below the name you are typing. If you see the artist you were looking for in the list just tap on its name and voila! You have created a station based on that artist and music will start playing. That station, which will be named after that artist, will play music based on that artist’s style. The playlist in artist-based stations is selected by the Jango application according to a list of similar artists and what other listeners have rated.

In the Explore screen you can navigate through many different categories to find a station that suits your musical taste or your mood. These stations are created by our knowledgeable deejays and many of them are updated on a weekly basis. Select these stations if you want your playlist to stick to a genre or theme or if you want to listen to the latest popular music.

This is the screen you see when you select a station and your music starts playing. You will see a picture associated to the current song and buttons to pause, skip, rate the song or edit your station.

You can skip as many times as you like. Keep in mind that, if you are connected through cellular data and not WiFi, your data usage will be increased if you skip often as songs get fully downloaded in the first few instants.

You can personalize your station in two ways:
Thumbs: By pressing on the Thumbs Up (like) icon or the Thumbs Down (ban) icon on the sides of your Player screen you can tell Jango to either play the song you are listening to more often or not to play it anymore. There is a limit to the number of liked and disliked songs you can have but you can check and edit the lists by logging in to jango.com from a computer and selecting Favorite Songs or Banned Songs from the Profile menu.
Edit Station: Access the Edit Station screen by tapping on the button on the left of the Play/Pause button (levers icon). In the Edit Station screen you can add up to five artists to a station. Jango will then play these artists more often. You will see a list of suggested artists but you can search for others using the tool at the top of that screen. In this screen you can also change the variety setting to play more popular, an even mix or a wider variety of music.

You can view information about the artist and the tune you are listening to by tapping on the artist picture in the Player screen. Here you can access lyrics, latest Tweets, biography and more. Swipe the song info screen sideways to access more information or to see what other stations feature that song. You can then tap on these stations to check them out or tune in to them. Not all of the songs have this information available but we are constantly updating it. Tap on the arrow in the top left corner of the screen to return to the player.

You can find the stations you have created in the Stations list. To access this screen from the player screen just press the Back arrow button at the top left. You can delete these stations by swiping them to the left. You can also delete multiple stations at once by tapping on the Edit button in the top right corner of the screen. Then select all the stations you want to delete and, finally, tap on the trash icon in the top left corner.

Swipe a station to the right to view a list of some of the artists that are included in it. In this screen you can also tap on Similar Stations to view genre stations and artist-based stations that you may also like.
Remember that you can access your stations from other devices by logging in to your account from another mobile device or from a computer at www.jango.com. In fact, you may want to check out our website where we have more cool tools like your music history, so you can review what you have heard, or the lists of the songs you have liked or banned. You can also purchase music or view videos and pictures of your favorite artists. We hope to implement these tools in our app in future updates.

Here are some more things this app can do. You can access these by selecting Settings from the menu screen.
Audio Quality: Select this option if you want to control the amount of data you want Jango to use. This can be useful if your cell phone data plan is limited. Also useful if your WiFi connection is not very strong or stable.
Advanced OptionsDisable Screen Timeout: This will keep the screen on when listening to Jango.
Enable Sleep Timer: Use this if you want to set up a time when you want the music to stop.
Share App: Let your friends know about Jango by posting it on your Facebook page or by sending them an email. We made that easy with this nice button.
Rate App: This button will take you to the App Store so you can leave feedback and give Jango five stars.
Change Password: And if you don’t remember it you can reset your password by using the Forgot Password link in the log in screen.
Contact/Help: Use this button if you are having trouble with your app or if you just want to communicate with us. The button will create an email and populate it with data about your device that can help our developers better understand any issue that you may have.
Log Out: Our least favorite button will stop all the music and take you back to the Log In screen.

When an AirPort enabled device is available in your Wi-Fi network or a Bluetooth device is Paired with your mobile device you should see a Share icon next to the volume slider. Tap on that to see a list of the available devices you can stream the music to.

If Jango is not working correctly and your internet connection is stable try one of the following tricks:
• Make sure there is no firewall on your network. Test Jango on a different network if you can.
• Restart your device. Wait at least ten seconds before turning the device back on.
• Reinstall Jango. Delete the app first by long-pressing the icon and then tapping on the x.
• Try a restart/reinstall combination (clean reinstall):
1- Uninstall Jango
2- Completely power down your device and wait at least 10 seconds
3- Reboot the device
4- Reinstall Jango
• If none of that helped pleas use the Contact/Help button in the Settings tab.

We may not have that artist on our database. Please let us know if we are missing a popular artist. Our music searching elves will look for it and, if it is available, they will add it to our database.

That is what lets Jango deliver free unlimited music to your device. We know how annoying ads can be so we try to keep them down to a minimum. In fact, we are able to give you free unlimited music without any commercial interruptions on our mobile apps!

Please try using the Forgot Password link in the log in screen. An email will be sent to you (check your spam folder if you don't see our reply) containing a link to reset your password. The link is time sensitive. Make sure you select the whole link before you copy it and paste it in your browser. Some email clients tend to split the link making it incomplete.

You can unsubscribe from our mailing list by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any of our monthly mailers or by logging in to jango.com on a computer and changing your account settings. The unsubscribe request may take a few days to become effective.

Jango Radio App 5.0 for Android

The first time you open the app you will be asked to log in or sign up. Use the Log In button if you already have an account.
If you do not have an account yet it is easy and free to create one. Just select Log In With Facebook, if you have a Facebook account, or select Sign Up For Jango to submit a valid email and create a password. You will also be asked age and gender so that we can show you more appropriate ads.
Done! You are ready to enjoy your favorite music for free.

There are three main tabs in the upper part of the screen:
Recent: this is the list of the stations you have tuned in to.
Explore: this screen contains hundreds of genre and themed stations divided by category. These stations have playlists that are created by our deejays.
Settings: tap here to access some useful tools like changing the audio quality, contacting Jango Support, rating the app or logging out.

Use the Search tool at the top of the screen to search for an artist you like. As you type a list of similar names will start appearing below the name you are typing. If you see the artist you were looking for in the list just tap on its name and voila! You have created a station based on that artist and music will start playing. That station, which will be named after that artist, will play music based on that artist’s style. The playlist in artist-based stations is selected by the Jango application according to a list of similar artists and what other listeners have rated.

In the Explore tab you can navigate through many different categories to find a station that suits your musical taste or your mood. These stations are created by our knowledgeable deejays and many of them are updated on a weekly basis. Select these stations if you want your playlist to stick to a genre or theme or if you want to listen to the latest popular music. Tapping on a station will show you the Station Info screen and a list of similar stations that you can swipe sideways.

This is the screen you see when you select a station and your music starts playing. You will see a picture associated to the current song and buttons to pause, skip, rate the song or edit your station.

You can skip as many times as you like. Keep in mind that, if you are connected through cellular data and not WiFi, your data usage will be increased if you skip often as songs get fully downloaded in the first few instants.

You can personalize your station in two ways:
Thumbs: By pressing on the Thumbs Up (like) icon or the Thumbs Down (ban) icon on the sides of your Player screen you can tell Jango to either play the song you are listening to more often or not to play it anymore. There is a limit to the number of liked and disliked songs you can have but you can check and edit the lists by logging in to jango.com from a computer and selecting Favorite Songs or Banned Songs from the Profile menu.
Edit Station: Access the Edit Station screen by tapping on the button on the left of the Play/Pause button (levers icon). In the Edit Station screen you can add up to five artists to a station. Jango will then play these artists more often. You will see a list of suggested artists but you can search for others using the tool at the top of that screen. In this screen you can also change the variety setting to play more popular, an even mix or a wider variety of music.

In some devices this will show as three dots on the upper right corner of the screen, in others it will be the device's own Options button at the left of the Home button. Depending on the screen you are in, this button will show a popup menu with a list of commands like Edit Station, Track Info, Station Info, Volume (to access Jango’s internal volume slider, which is separate from the device’s general volume), and Quit, to exit and close the app.

You can view information about the artist and the tune you are listening to by tapping on the artist picture in the Player screen. Here you can access links to lyrics, latest Tweets, biography and more. Not all of the songs have this information available but we are constantly updating it. At the bottom of the screen you can see a pull up tab containing "Stations Featuring This Song". You can swipe the list sideways and tap on these stations to check them out or tune in to them. Tap on the X in the top right corner of the screen to return to the player.

You can access this screen from the Options button in the player screen or by long-pressing a station name in the Recent list. Here you can view a list of some of the artists that are included in the station. In this screen you can also see a list of Similar Stations to view genre stations and artist-based stations that you may also like.

In your Recent screen you can delete stations or look at a station’s info by long-pressing on the name of the station. You can also access these features by selecting Edit Stations from the Options menu. If a station is active it will have an edit station icon (pencil) instead of the delete icon (trash can).

Remember that you can access your stations from other devices by logging in to your account from another mobile device or from a computer at www.jango.com. In fact, you may want to check out our website where we have more cool tools like your music history, so you can review what you have heard, or the lists of the songs you have liked or banned. You can also purchase music or view videos and pictures of your favorite artists. We hope to implement these tools in our app in future updates.

Here are some more things this app can do. You can access these by selecting Settings from the menu screen.
Audio Quality: Select this option if you want to control the amount of data you want Jango to use. This can be useful if your cell phone data plan is limited. Also useful if your WiFi connection is not very strong or stable.
Advanced Options
Resume Playback on Headset: resumes playing the last song you were listening to when you physically plug in a headset or speaker.
Disable Screen Timeout: This will keep the screen on when listening to Jango.
Enable Sleep Timer: Use this if you want to set up a time when you want the music to stop.
Share App: Let your friends know about Jango by posting it on your Facebook page or by sending them an email. We made that easy with this nice button.
Rate App: This button will take you to the Google Play Store so you can leave feedback and give Jango five stars.
Change Password: And if you don’t remember it you can reset your password by using the Forgot Password link in the log in screen.
Contact/Help: Use this button if you are having trouble with your app or if you just want to communicate with us. The button will create an email and populate it with data about your device that can help our developers better understand any issue that you may have.
Log Out: Our least favorite button will stop all the music and take you back to the Log In screen.

When a Bluetooth speaker, headphone or car stereo is Paired with your mobile device the music should automatically stream to that output. If it is not please check your device’s settings and make sure the Bluetooth device is correctly paired. Also check the volume of both devices and the battery level of the Bluetooth device, if that applies.

If Jango is not working correctly and your internet connection is stable try one of the following tricks:
• Make sure there is no firewall on your network. Test Jango on a different network if you can.
• Restart your device. Wait at least ten seconds before turning the device back on.
• Make sure you don’t have an ad-blocking app installed. Such apps can cause problems with our service.
• Other apps that are known to cause issues are battery savers, data savers and anti-viruses. If you have such apps installed please make sure they are not interfering with Jango and allowing connections to jango.com.
• VPN connections and custom ROMs have also been known to cause issues.
• Reinstall Jango. Delete the app first from the Application Manager in your device's Settings.
• Try a restart/reinstall combination (clean reinstall):
1- Uninstall Jango
2- Completely power down your device and wait at least 10 seconds
3- Reboot the device
4- Reinstall Jango
• If none of that helped pleas use the Contact/Help button in the Settings tab.

This is a known issue that seems to be happening only with Huawei P8 model phones. It regards the way the P8 handles notifications. In fact, turning off notifications in the Notifications Center will allow Jango to work correctly. Please use the Contact/Help to let us know if you are getting this issue on a different device.

Please try using the Forgot Password link in the log in screen. An email will be sent to you (check your spam folder if you don't see our reply) containing a link to reset your password. The link is time sensitive. Make sure you select the whole link before you copy it and paste it in your browser. Some email clients tend to split the link making it incomplete.

You can unsubscribe from our mailing list by clicking on the unsubscribe link in any of our monthly mailers or by logging in to jango.com on a computer and changing your account settings. The unsubscribe request may take a few days to become effective.